TY - BOOK ID - 77890536 TI - A question of character PY - 2000 SN - 058536026X 9780585360263 0817310215 PB - Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Press DB - UniCat KW - American fiction KW - Racism in literature. KW - Literature and science KW - Characters and characteristics in literature. KW - Race discrimination in literature. KW - Passing (Identity) in literature. KW - African Americans in literature. KW - Eugenics in literature. KW - Literary form. KW - Racially mixed people in literature. KW - Literary form KW - Eugenics in literature KW - Racism in literature KW - Characters and characteristics in literature KW - Racially mixed people in literature KW - Race discrimination in literature KW - Passing (Identity) in literature KW - African Americans in literature KW - American Literature KW - English KW - Languages & Literatures KW - Afro-Americans in literature KW - Negroes in literature KW - Mulattoes in literature KW - Character sketches KW - Characterization (Literature) KW - Literary characters KW - Literary portraits KW - Portraits, Literary KW - Poetry and science KW - Science and literature KW - Science and poetry KW - Science and the humanities KW - American literature KW - Form, Literary KW - Forms, Literary KW - Forms of literature KW - Genre (Literature) KW - Genre, Literary KW - Genres, Literary KW - Genres of literature KW - Literary forms KW - Literary genetics KW - Literary genres KW - Literary types (Genres) KW - Literature KW - History and criticism. KW - History. KW - History KW - History and criticism KW - Multiracial peoplein literature. KW - Multiracial people in literature. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77890536 AB - "In A Question of Character, Cathy Boeckmann establishes a strong link between racial questions and the development of literary traditions at the end of the 19th century in America. This period saw the rise of "scientific racism," which claimed that the races were distinguished not solely by exterior appearance but also by a set of inherited character traits. As Boeckmann explains, this emphasis on character meant that race was not only a thematic concern in the literature of the period but also a generic or formal one as well." "Boeckmann explores the intersections between race and literary history by tracing the language of character through both scientific and literary writing."--Jacket. ER -